In [[1993]], a [[Sneakoscope|Pocket Sneakoscope]] that was later given to [[Harry Potter]] kept lighting up because [[Fred and George Weasley]] had put beetles in [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]'s soup.

In [[1993]], a [[Sneakoscope|Pocket Sneakoscope]] that was later given to [[Harry Potter]] kept lighting up because [[Fred and George Weasley]] had put beetles in [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]'s soup.

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The [[Animagus]] of [[Rita Skeeter]] (a journalist) is a beetle. She is one of the five known unregistered Animagi of the twentieth century.

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The [[Animagus]] of [[Rita Skeeter]] (a journalist) is a beetle. She is one of the five known unregistered Animagi of the twentieth century. Her [[Patronus]] also took this form.

Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are classified in the order Coleoptera (; from Greek κολεός, koleos, "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing"), which contains more described species than in any other order in the world.